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Healed fang wound found on 520-million-year-old apex predator

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Something took a bite out of one of the biggest predators in Cambrian seas, an extraordinary fossil shows – and it could well be cannibalism


NASA’s huge Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which launches on 30 August, will observe space with the same detail as the Hubble Space Telescope, but over a much larger area


Fastest star ever spotted at the centre of our galaxy

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:48:00 +0000

A newfound star called S301 is both the fastest ever seen and the closest to a supermassive black hole –and it could make bafflingly difficult tests of gravity possible at last


Where and when to see 2027’s ‘solar eclipse of the century’

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000

The total solar eclipse on 2 August 2027 is due to be the longest one until the year 2114, and researchers, eclipse chasers and tourists alike are on the edge of their seats


Exclusive video of world’s first echidna puggle to be born at a university

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:32:44 +0000

Echidnas are a difficult animal to breed in captivity, but scientists in Sydney have now managed it, which could improve our understanding of the evolution of pregnancy in mammals


Einstein thought time dilation was both real and not – he was right

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

What even is time? Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan takes on this mind-bending question by exploring the proof we have that time dilation is both a physical phenomenon and a psychological one


Read an extract from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s The Edge of Space-Time

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

The opening chapter to the New Scientist Book Club's read for September sees Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explore what we gain when we look at the universe from the margins


‘Thinking about the edges of space-time can help build a better world’

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, New Scientist columnist and author of the September read for the New Scientist Book Club, The Edge of Space-Time, on why the big questions in physics matter so much


Galapagos corals suggest climate change drives stronger El Niños

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Coral records from the Galapagos Islands indicate El Niños have been gathering strength over the past 40 years, in line with rising global temperatures 


Astonishing whale feeding frenzy seen off the eastern coast of Greenland

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The population of baleen whales along eastern Greenland has boomed in recent decades, and reporter Leah Crane recounts a profound experience of seeing them